Saturday, August 02, 2008

Rosie O'Donnell, Enemy of Literacy

I don't know much about Rosie O'Donnell except that she gets into arguments with other famous people like Donald Trump. From what I've read about these arguments, she seems to be thin skinned and a backstabber. I could be wrong. It's just my impression. Today, it was reported that she is ending her blog. Normally, I wouldn't care. I didn't even know she had a blog. But some if it was reprinted. This is how she writes.

earthquake in lawowi flew in the night b4 the big onejanuary 94

b4 parker was borni was in rehearsals for GREASEwe were opening in bostoni was needed in hollywood

as betty rubblewas shooting a macdonalds commercialmc ribif my mc memory is right

i was at the 4 seasonsbumped out of bedit sounded like a runaway trainin the next room

robert klein was in the lobbytalking to the shaken concierge"so- the mnm's rolled out of my mini bar -will i b charged for them?"

cracking us all up at oncetension breakerlil comedy never hurtswhen u r scared

She claims to love children and pretends to be an advocate for children. But if she really wants to help, she will stop writing like an illiterate teenager, and start writing like an adult. Maybe it's because I'm a teacher, and work hard to get children to write in English, using the mechanics of English so that they can be understood, but I cringe just looking at it. I wouldn't accept her blog writing from a second grader. It's obscene for an adult who claims to want the best for children to write like that. Would she accept that from her own children? I was once even accused by a student of teaching the way I do so that my students can sound intelligent.

I didn't link to it because I find it offensive. So if you're interested, you will have to google it on your own.

"No one can find a safe way out for himself if socety is sweeping towards destruction. Therefore everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interests of everyone hang on the result." -- Ludwig von Mises